Background
Flores, Fernando E. was born on July 14, 1908 in San José, Costa Rica. Came to the United States, 1923. Son of Enrique Flores-Vargas Machuca and Berta (Yglesias) Ross.
Flores, Fernando E. was born on July 14, 1908 in San José, Costa Rica. Came to the United States, 1923. Son of Enrique Flores-Vargas Machuca and Berta (Yglesias) Ross.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Heald College, 1925. Postgraduate in Political Science, University California, Berkeley, 1929. HHD (honorary), Antonomous University Guadalajara, Mexico, 1990.
Vice consul, Government Costa Rica, San Francisco, 1930-1942;
consul general, Government Costa Rica, San Francisco, 1939-1948;
consul general, Los Angeles, California, 1942-1948, 82-86;
ambassador to United Nations, Government Costa Rica, San Francisco, 1945;
ambassador to United Nations, Government Costa Rica, New York, 1948-1949;
consul general, Government Costa Rica, Los Angeles, 1982-1986;
consul general emeritus, Los Angeles Consular Corps., since 1951. Advisor president Costa Rica, San José, 1944-1948. Ambassador extraordinary Spain, the Vatican, England, 1967.
Vice chairman United States Costa Rica Presidential Committee, since 1996. Diplomat several missions, Control American. Founding father United Nations, San Francisco, 1945.
Colonel Costa Rican military, 1939-1945. Member Union Club, Soverign Order Hospital St. John of Jerusalem (grand master emeritus).
Married Gloria Emelie Mazick. 1 child, Rima Maria.